Iron Druid Chronicles; Impressions

This week I want to talk about the Iron Druid Chronicles, which tell the story of Atticus O'Sullivan. I won't be giving a review of a specific book because I've been getting through the audiobooks and am already on the fourth book in the series (of a current six with the seventh to be released later this year). Atticus is a 2,000 year old...

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Lost Words - How to insult, describe and perplex with words from 17th century and beyond!

I was planning on writing a post about when is the right time to call it a day with a book you're not enjoying. And I was doing well writing that. But then I found this website. Here we have another list similar to the one that I've shown you before with the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Only this time the words have been forgotten...

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And Now For Something Completely Different! A Real Tale From History

I love me some history, I love it so much that I studied various kinds of history for pretty much my whole education. I grabbed 2 degrees in Classics and Ancient History (they were mine I promise, I didn't steal them). One of the things I love about it is all the stories that you could make from it. Maybe one day I'll give it a go! But...

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